Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand read more

No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being: essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. - Spinster.

How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is read more

How charming is divine philosophy!
Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no crude surfeit reigns.

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.

Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.

Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by
category-disciplines.

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.

Philosophy is an unusually ingenious attempt to think fallaciously.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.

I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though read more

I'll give thee armor to keep off that word;
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though thou art banished.